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The Superhero 5K in Cambridge, MA, will always hold a dear spot in my heart—last year’s was the first road race I ever ran in my life, after a knee surgery and physical therapy and many months of training. After a great experience last year, I was obviously going to run it again. This year … More race report: Superhero 5K

I was supposed to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon in February 2013. Instead, I dislocated my kneecap multiple times and had knee surgery in December of 2012, aka no half marathons for me in Feb ’13. We did go to Disney World, since we’d paid for everything already, but I didn’t run. So as soon … More Disney Princess Half Marathon, take 2

‘Sup. A fact I have come to acknowledge about myself: when I am preparing for something and it becomes apparent that I will not succeed to my full expectations, I stop preparing. For instance, if I were, say, training for a half marathon and it becomes apparent about 4 weeks out that I am just not … More half marathons: 2, Grace: 0

Yesterday I drove down to Cohasset, MA to run the Cohasset Road Race by the Sea, a pretty 10K (6.2 miles) along the coastline of Massachusetts. It was a glorious, perfect blue day. And…. well. This was my first-ever 10K race and I will just say I did horribly. I went out too fast, I … More race report: Cohasset Road Race by the Sea!

(for those of you who aren’t here for the running, I promise the next post is about comic books) Distance: 5 miles (longest run evahhhhhh) The snow has finally melted. This means I can run on the reservoir again and not destroy my body trying to run up and down hills. Hurray! And today it … More long run report: 3/23/14 (plus, overcoming the 3-mile wall)

Distance: ~3.25 miles Funny story (funny/not funny), my Garmin couldn’t find me today so I wasn’t able to track my time or mileage properly. Sigh. Has anyone else had this problem? Is it because it was overcast? It worked fine in the same area earlier this week. Anyway, I was trying to find a flat … More long run report: 3/2/14

SO. Today I was at work, like you do. Working, minding my owns, etc. BUT THEN. I left a meeting and got back to my desk just in time to see this tweet from RunDisney: It's time to assemble your outfits for the #Avengers5K & #AvengersHalf! http://t.co/XZNQTnlzhU pic.twitter.com/jyIkhXfjD8 — runDisney (@runDisney) February 25, 2014 At … More Runners: Assemble!

Distance: 4 miles Accidentally ran up Heartbreak Hill today because FUNSIES. I mean, actually, I accidentally ran down it, and then I had to go up to get back home again. I guess I didn’t realize it was quite so close. I need to find a new route so I’m not doing my long run … More long run report: 2/22/14